Atlas day gecko

Atlas day gecko
Adult male
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Quedenfeldtia
Species:	Q. trachyblepharus
Binomial name
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus (Boettger, 1873)
Synonyms [2]
Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus Boettger, 1873 Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — Loveridge, 1947

The Atlas day gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.

Taxonomy

This species shares the common name of Atlas day gecko with another species, Quedenfeldtia moerens .

Biology

Q. trachyblepharus is diurnal, and is adapted to cold climates. ^[3] Its natural habitat is rocky areas. Q. trachyblepharus is the dominant species in the alpine lizard assemblage above 2,500 m (8,200 ft). ^[3] It is an oviparous species. ^[2]

References

1. Joger, U. [in German]; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, H.; Geniez, P. (2006). "Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006 e.T61564A12516835. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61564A12516835.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Species Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
3. Bouazza, Abdellah; Slimani, Tahar; El Mouden, El Hassan; Blouin-Demers, Gabriel; Lourdais, Olivier (2016). "Thermal constraints and the influence of reproduction on thermoregulation in a high-altitude gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus)". Journal of Zoology300 (1): 36-44.

Further reading

• Böttger [sic], Oskar (1873). "Reptilien von Marocco und von den canarischen Inseln ". Abhandlungen Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main9: 121-191 + one unnumbered plate. (Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus, new species, pp. 138-140 + plate, figures 3a, 3b). (in German).
• Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College98: 1-469 + Plates 1-7. (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus, new combination, pp. 67-69).